3. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi get booed off the stage for telling activists to direct their energy "electorally."

I'm ready to throw in the towel for both political parties, but I can't help but be amazed by the remarkable inability of the Democrats to take advantage of their enemies' weaknesses.

They're facing a President with record-low approval ratings. The Republicans' top leaders are embroiled in a series of sleazy scandals. And yet they continue to go out of their way to demonstrate a complete and utter inability to settle on a coherent strategy and execute.

We might be tempted to look for other alternatives, but as Simpsons alien Kang notes:

Kang: It's a two-party system. You have to vote for one of us!Man: Well then, I believe I'll vote for a third party!Kang: Go ahead! Throw your vote away! Ahahahaha!